Cotton cleaner



April 16, 1929. FARLEY 1,709,715

COTTON CLEANER Filed June 26, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l 61 5 WUQ/WEM.

E. L. FARLEY COTTON CLEANER April '16, 1929.

Filed June 26, 1928 2 Sheats-Sheet Edward Patented Apr-.16, 1929.

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EDWARD L. FARLEY,-OF JONESBORO, nR ANsAsQ oortron CLEA ER.

Application filed June 26, 1928." Serial no. 288,423.

This invention relates to a cotton cleaner, and the primary object of the same is to providea cleaner, or rather a hull extracting cleaning feeder organization, of a compara- 5 tively simple form which may be installed without materiallyinterfering with the setting of other equipment, or which may occupy the space'now allotted to a standard upright cleaning feeder as employed by gin manufacturers, and to embody therein mechanism for directing cotton'of a bolly character to a boll breaker, or receiving the'cotton direct without passing it through the boll breaker to eliminate dust, dirt and trash therefrom, so that when the cotton is delivered to a distributor or emerges from the improved cleaner for further operation, as, for instance, supply to a gin stand, it will be in an advantageous condition for effective 'ginning and the production of a superior commercial sample grade of cotton.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cotton cleaner having therein means for preliminarily treating cotton of different grades, orfor subjecting hully cotton to the action of a boll breaker, or the treatment of cotton which enters the cleane1 without bolls or smalljportions of bolls without passing through the boll breaker, and to finally treat the cotton of either grade through the medium ofa recleaning means consisting of a plurality of spiked cylinders or rollers with interfitting spike members and a lower screen, proportioned and assembled in such manner as to subject the cotton to further ori'ecleaning treatment 'to anaterially separate dust, dirt and other foreign matter from the cotton before being delivered'to a distributoiy or directly to a gin stand, and to avoid deterioration or injury t0 tl18 cotton treated. v A further object of the invention is to introduce between a recleaning means consisting of a series'of' spiked rollers located at .the lower portion of the cleaner, a saw cylinder and two superposed re-cleaning spiked conveyors in advance of said cylinder and which "receive the hully cotton which has been subjected to treatment by .the boll breaker, the conveyers having the spikes set I in spiral form in reverse position from each other and to the center, to pick the finalloeks of cotton from portions of hulls .or other foreign matter descendingto the said conveyers before the' cotton thus opera-ted upon by the saw cylinder will be subjected to the recleaning means and delivery from the cleaner to a distributor or gin stand.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a rotaryrecleaning means in a cleaner closely associated with preliminary cotton treating devices .to'receive bolly cot ton which has: been partially treated, or cot ton which is of such limited bolly nature as to require only the ordinary gin stand to handle the same, and also other cotton of a highergrade and subject the same to final recleaning devices.

With these and other objects and advantages in View the invention consists in the construction and arrangement ofthe several parts which will bemore fully hereinafter described and claimed. In the drawings i Figural is a transverse vertical section through a cleaner embodyingthe features of the present invention; l I t Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows the left-hand side only of the machine'being vshown and '.Figure 3 is a section 'on line 22 of Fig- 7 ure-,1, looking in a direction opposite to the arrows, the right-hand side of the machine only being shown. e i

The numeral5 designates a housing which will be constructed asan' enclosure of this i type and of a composite nature, or, having frame 5? and with partial sheet metal structures 5 secured thereto at intervals,

and which will be hereinafter specifically referred to as contributing to the formation" of passages and disposition of the several parts. Atthe upper extremity of the-housing is an inlet 6 having therebelow oppositely disposed fluted rollers 7 driven by suitable interposed mechanism from a main able bearings. Above the rollers 7 are inwardly inclined deflection boards or chutes 7 which direct the cotton ofwhatever character towardsthe fluted rollers 7.

A star roller '9 having radial, triangular plates 9 which removably support the triangular in cross-section cast metal bars 9,

which bars 9 operate as teeth'and a grating 'to'coact with'thestar roller 9 in breaking shaft '8 extending longitudinally through I the housing ttlldllfLVlIlg mountings in suit I as will presently appear.

up the bolls and sifting the dirt therefrom, The plate or valve 9 is pivoted to assume the full and dotted line positions in Figure 1, and is provided with bars'9 similar to the bars 9, and when in full line position, these bars form a continu-ation with the bars 9 and cooperate with the star cylinder in assisting in breaking up the .bolls' before delivery to the primary breaking and cleaning mechanism, the rod 9 being manually operable and connected to the valve to cause it to assume the dotted or full line positions shown in Figure 1.

' Directly below the grating 9. is-a stripper roller 10, the large saw cylinder 11 and a brush cylinder 12. Above and to the right of the roller 10 and cylinder 12 is an inclined deflector or chute 13, while to the right of the saw cylinder 11 and below the'cylinder 12 is another inclined deflector '14:.

A spiked; boll breaker or roller 15 is mounted to theleft and slightly below the star roller 9, and disposed in coactiverelation with and to the left of the saw cylinder removing screw conveyor; 22, or any suitable means such as a pneumatic device.

A series of inclinedly disposed spiked cylinders 23, 24: and25 are provided to receive the cleaned cotton from the chute 13 when the plate 9 is in dotted line position, or from the saw cylinder lland brush 12, when the plate is in full line position; The convoluted' screen 26 is disposed below these irollers andpermits the dust and dirt t'o-fall therethrough, but assists in conveying the cleaned cottonv to the outlet end 27. This outlet end is provided with the manually controlled valve 80, while disposedadjacent to the spiked roller 25 is a valve 28. A door 29; is provided fonacc'ess in cleaning and repairing. Other doors may be disposed throughout, asmay be found necessary.

- The present cleaner is adapted to be supported from the usual gin stand, the top end 31 of which is illustrated.

From the foregoing description, it is evident that the-star roller 9 will cooperate with the grating 9' to assist in breaking up the bollsas the same are delivered through the" fluted rollers 7. Should the valve 9 be in the full line position, the cotton bolls will be broken and delivered to the spiked wheel 15, which, inturn, will deliver themto the spiked wheel 10 and the saw cylinder 11 which, cooperating with the two spiked wheels 16 and 17, will. finally cause the breaking up of the bells and the proper cleaning of the cotton therefrom, the refuse 14 and thence,by means of the re-cleaning' spiked rollers 23, 2 1 and 25, to the outlet 27.

Where it is unnecessary to. break the bolls, the valve 9 is moved to the dotted line position in Figure 1 so that the cotton is delivered directly from the star roller 9 and the grated bars 9 over the deflector or chute 13 its shown in Figure 2,.it will be noted that the spikes on the roller 16 are arranged spirally from the center toward the ends so that the material is conveyed from the ends directly to the spiked rollers 23, 24 and 25.

toward the center, whereas thespikes on the roller 17 are arranged spirally to convey fromthe'center toward the ends. It will also be noted that the screen 20 terminates to provide'a spacefor permitting the hulls to fall through to the outlet 21.

It will also be noted that an air controlling shutter or valve 33 is provided at the top of the casing above the rollers 15, and with the valve 28 the proper. air control is provided v for the present cleaning apparatus. What is claimed is: e

1. A cotton cleaner of theclass specified comprising a housing having an upper inlet and a side outlet, deflecting means includeither one of two directions, a. grating. co-

operating therewith, a star roller cooperating with thegrating, a boll-breaker-within the housing at the side thereof oppositeto the outlet and to receive the cotton and bolls from the star roller and grating, a cleaning means cooperating with the boll breaker, and a plurality of re-cleaning devices to'receive the cotton either from the firstmeans ordirectly from the valve and star roller and positioned to direct the cotton through the side outlet.

2. A cotton cleaner of the class'specified' comprisinga housing having an upper inlet and side outlet, two fluted rollers disposed adjacent the inlet, a star roller belowand between the. fluted rollers, a fixed arcuate grating disposed below and incoaetive relation with the .star'roller, a valve adapted to coact with the grating or to open directly to the outlet, boll breaking mechanism mounted at the opposite-side to the outlet and valve for receiving the cotton and bolls mg a manually operableivalve adjacent the inlet to cause'the cotton to be directed in from the fluted roller and grating, a clean- 'ing mechanism disposed below the fluted roller and grating .and disposed to receive the cotton and bolls from the boll breakers, and a plurality of re-cleaning spiked rollers disposed to receive the. cotton from the first cleaning device for delivery through the side outlet or to receive the cotton directly from the star roller when the valve is open. 7

3; A cotton cleaner of the class specified comprising a housing'having an upper inlet and side outlet, two fluted rollers disposed adjacent the inlet, a star roller below.

and between the fluted rollers, a fixed'arcuate grating disposed belovv and in coactive relation with the star roller, 21 valve adapted to coact with the grating or to open directly to the outlet boll breaking mechanism mounted at the oppos te side to the outlet and valve for receiving the cotton and bolls troin the fluted roller and grating, a cleaning inecha- V ceive the cotton directly from the star roller mechanism including superposed spiked and saw cylinders and a'brush cylinder.

the cotton from the first cleaning device for, I delivery through the side outlet or to re- In testimony whereof I havehereuntoset my hand. v

, EDWARD L. FARLEY.

2o When the valve is open, said first cleaning 7 

